Categories: OLD Media Moves

Defamation lawsuit against Las Vegas biz editor dismissed

A defamation lawsuit filed against a Las Vegas newspaper and its business editor by a local resort was dismissed earlier this week by a judge, according to a story on the Casino City Times web site.

Arnold Knightly wrote, “District Court Judge Michelle Leavitt on Monday dismissed an amended defamation lawsuit brought by the Las Vegas Sands Corp. against the Las Vegas Sun and its business editor.

“The Las Vegas Sands sued the newspaper July 12 after an April 2 column by the Las Vegas Sun Business Editor Jeff Simpson ranked the company behind MGM Mirage and Harrah’s Entertainment in bids to win rights for a casino license in Singapore.

“Seeking $10,000 in damages, the gaming company claimed it was libeled when Simpson said that the Las Vegas Sands had a ‘sorry Nevada regulatory record’ and that the local property, The Venetian, had a ‘laundry list of other serious violations.’

“Las Vegas Sands won the resort license in late May with a $3.6 billion bid.

“Despite the awarding of the license, the gaming company asked that the article be corrected and retracted but the Las Vegas Sun refused.”

Read more here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.